Presentations of Vellums signed by the Prince of Wales.
THREE life-boat stations have cele- brated their centenaries this year: Berwick-on-Tweed, the Mumbles, Gla- morganshire, and Ferryside, Carmar- thenshire. In each...
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Church State and Stage Appeal For The Life-Boats. - View image in PDF
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The "John Russell" Showing The Trolley and Slipway. - View image in PDF
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WHEN the Prince of Wales visited Hastings on 6th April to open the White Rock Pavilion and the new Promenade, he went aboard the Life-boat which was drawn up outside the Life-boat House. Beside the House the fishermen had built a remarkable...
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The Mayor of Richmond and The Selsey Coxswain. - View image in PDF
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St. Abbs, Berwickshire. — On the morning of the 20th August a strong gale blew up from the south-east, with driving rain and a rough sea. As the local motor fishing boats Victory and Billows Crown were still at sea, the motor life-boat Helen...
The Whitby Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat April 25th, 1937. - View image in PDF
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Two new motor life-boats on the coast of Northumberland have been named this year, at Cullercoats and Boulmer.
Cullercoats.
A new motor life-boat was stationed at Cullercoats this year, replacing a pulling...
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Ballycotton, Co. Cork. — During a thick fog on the afternoon of the 2nd May sirens were heard sounding continuously.
A moderate east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Mary Stanford was launched at...
WHEN the Duchess of Kent visited Swansea on the 29th of October to attend the Festival of Music, she met the widows of the life-boatmen of The Mumbles who lost their lives when the life-boat capsized on the 23rd of April,...
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